LATE COMMERCIAL

Evening Star, Issue 20053, 19 December 1928, Page 9

LATE COMMERCIAL

SYDNEY WOOL SALES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, December 18. At the wool sales there waa strong competition from Japan, Germany, Yorkshire, and Russia, and the market was again firm, except for broad, faulty lines. Comebacks and crossbreds sold well at late rates, and greasy merino sold to 29c1. The bales sold totalled 12,375. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph-Copyright. RUGBY, December 18. (Received December 19, at 11 a.m.) New York, del to £1 ... ... ... 4,85 5-16 Paris, franc to £1 ... 124.10 Brussels, belgas to £1 34.89 Geneva, franc to £1 25.17 Amsterdam, florins to £1 12.07 J Milan, lire to £1 92.65 Berlin, reiefamarkea to £1 20.351 Stockholm, kroner to £1 18.115 Copenhagen, kroner to £1 18.17 Oslo, kroner to £1 18.19 Vienna, schilling to £1 34.454 Prague, kroner to £1 163$ Helsingors, marks to £1 192 J Madrid, peseta to £1 29.825 Lisbon, escudo to £1 HOi Athens, drachmae to £1 375 Bucharest, lei (o £1 807£ Rio de Janeiro, pence U> milreis ... 5 29-32 Buenos Aires, pence to del ... ... 4711-32 Bombay, rupee 1.6 1-32 Shanghai, tae! 2.7 Yokohama, yen 1.1011-16 Hongkong* dollar 2.0£ Batavia, guilder 12.08^ LONDON SHARE MARKET. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, December 18. (Received December 19, at 10 a.m.) Dalgety and Co. shares, £ls 7s 6d; Dalgety and Co. 4 per cents, £75: Goldsb'rough, Mort. 5 per cent debentures, £B6 15s.—Australian Press Association. LONDON WHEAT MARKET. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, December 18. (Received December 19, at 11.35 a.m.) Cargoes are featureless, and mostly 3d lower. There is some trading in Australians for February and March shipments. Indian buyers are unwilling to follow the full prices demanded for Australians. Parcels closed quiet at a decline of 6d. Liverpool futures; December, 8s 113*1; March, 9s 1 5-8 d; Mar, 9s 23-8 d; July, 9s 3]d. —Australian Press Association. SALE OF HARBOUR BOARD LEASES. There was a large attendance of buyers at the auction rooms of Messrs Speckling and Begley yesterday, .when twenty-live leases from the Otago Harbour Board were offered at auction, upset rental, in most cases by the presAIl the leases were purchased at the ent tenants. SALES ON ’CHANGE: THIS DAY. Auckland.—Renown Collieries, 15s: Sanford (ord.), 17s 6d; New Zealand Breweries, 25s lOd. Reported: Ohinemuri Mines, 8s 4d; National Bank, 7s 4cl. Wellington.—Reported: Australian Bank of Commerce, 33s 9d. Christchurch.—Commercial Bank of Sydney, £2B 2s 6d; New Zealand Breweries, 57s fid; Staples Brewery, 41s 6d (two parcels); Death and Co. (rights), 5s 10d_ (three parcels), 5s lid (three parcels), Cs (three parcels), Mahakipawa. Is 4d,